Bracket.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

C. F. KADE.

. BRACKET.

APPLICATION rmm 001?.10, 1903.

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CHARLES F. KADE, OF SHEBOYGAN, TVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR F. NINTER,OF SHEBOYG-AN, \VISGONSIN.

BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,648, dated April 5,1904.

Application filed October 10, 1903. Serial No. 176,555. (No model.)

To LLZZ whmn it may 0071110771 Be it known thatI, CHARLES F. KADE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sheboygan, in the county ofSheboygan and State of isconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in brackets, and itis more especially an improvement upon the device described and claimedin Patent No. 723,677, granted to me on March 24:, 1903. Its object isto provide a sheet-metal bracket which dispenses with the use of rivetsor other similar fastening means and which is provided with an extensionslide adapted to be securely clamped in position against accidentaldisplacement, the webs of the bracket. serving not only to support theslide, but to secure it in place thereon.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inproviding similar oppositely-arranged webs which are struck from sheetmetal and the outer ends of which are normally spread apart, while theirinner ends are bent to form clamping-sections which are adapted to befastened to a runner by means of a clamping-screw located within thewebs. Lugs are struck from the upper edges of the 3 Webs and form guidesfor the inwardly-extending flanges formed upon an extensionslide, andthis extension-slide is adapted to contract the webs when it is placedin position thereover, thereby causing them to press outward against theflanges of the extensionslide and firmly secure said slide in position.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

4 and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- showing the preferredform of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of abracket constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof and showing in dotted lines theouter ends of the webs in their normal positions. Fig. 3 is a detailView of one of the webs, and Fig. 1 is an inverted perspective view ofthe extensionslide.

Referring to the figuresby numerals of reference, 1 is an ordinaryrunner of any suitable form, the opposite faces of which are adapted tobe engaged by angular extensions 2, formed at the inner edges of similarwebs 3. These webs are formed of sheet metal, and the angular portions 2are preferably constructed by pressing grooves 4 in their inner faces,said grooves being so shaped as to fit snugly upon the runner 1. 'Lugs 5are struck out ward from the webs 3 near their upper edges, and theselugs are adapted to be overlapped by inwardly-extending flanges 6,formed at the sides of an extension-slide 7. This slide and its flangesare constructed from a single strip of metal, and the slot 8, formedbetween the flanges 6, is equal in width to the thickness of the twowebs 3. The inner end of the slot 8 is enlarged, as shown at 9, so as topermit the flanges 6 to be readily placed upon the 7 webs 3 and slidthereon. Apertures 10 are formed in the extension-slide, so as toreceive screws or other means for fastening a shelf upon said slide, andan end plate 11 is fastened in any suitable manner to the outer end ofsaid slide. Apertures 12 are provided within the heads of the webs 3,and the lower aperture in one of the webs has aninternallyscrew-threaded boss 13 therearound, While a similar boss isarranged about the upper aper- 8O ture of the other web. Either pair ofapertures 12 is adapted to receive a screw 14, having a head 15, wherebythe same may be readily turned. By providing two sets of. apertures forthe reception of the screw it will be un- 5 derstood that said screw canbe inserted from either side of the bracket.

It will be seen that the device is extremely simple in construction andall of the parts can be readily struck from sheet metal. Af- 9 ter theseveral parts have been formed the two oppositely-arranged webs 3 areplaced at opposite sides of the runner 1 and held together thereon bymeans of the screw 14. The free ends of the webs are normally in thepositions illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The distance between these free ends is slightly less than the width ofthe enlarged portion 9 of slot 8. It will therefore be understood thatwhen the extension-slide is placed upon the webs this enlarged portionof the slide will receive the ends thereof, and when the slide is movedlongitudinally on the webs the edges of the slot 8 and its enlargedportion 9 will draw the webs together into the positions illustrated insolid lines in Fig. 2. The lugs 5 will be brought into position betweenthe top of the extension-slide and the flanges 6 and will preventaccidental displacement of said slide. The outward tension of the webswill be such as to securely hold the slide against longitudinal movementthereon unless considerable pressure is brought to bear thereupon.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Abracket of the character described comprising oppositely-arrangedspring-webs having their ends normally removed from each other, and anextension slidably mounted upon and adapted to bind the Webs together.

2. A sheet-metal bracket comprising oppositely-arranged webs havingtheir ends normally removed from each other, an extensionslide mountedupon and, adapted to compress the outer ends of the Webs, and means forholding the slide upon the webs.

3. A bracket comprising oppositely arranged webs having their endsnormally sprung apart, lugs integral with the webs, and anextension-slide on the webs and overlapping the lugs, said slide beingadapted to bind the outer ends of the webs together.

4. A bracket formed of sheet metal and comprising oppositely-arrangedsimilar webs having their ends normally sprung apart, lugs struck fromeach web, an extension-slide having inwardly-extending flanges adaptedto overlap the webs and engage the lugs, said flanges serving to bindthe outer ends of the webs together, and means for clamping the otherends of said webs upon a support.

5. A bracket formed of sheet metal and comprising oppositely-arrangedsimilar webs having their ends normally sprung apart andeach web havinga threaded aperture therein, clamping means within the apertures, lugsstruck from the webs adjacent their upper edges, an extension-slidehaving inwardly-extending flanges overlapping the webs and adapted tobind the outer ends thereof together, said flanges engaging the lugs,and a head on the extension-slide.

6. A bracket comprising spring-webs, an

CHARLES F. KADE Witnesses:

F. H. PoETLUG, P. J. PETERSON.

